1412 CATALOGUE OF 



Male and female. Brown. Body tinged with cinereous. Palpi 

 very short. Antennae of the male slightly pubescent. Abdomen 

 with two rows of black dojs. Wings with black marginal lunules. 

 Fore wings siibfalcate, with three cinereous oblique nearly parallel 

 slightly undulating lines ; first line near the base, indistinct ; second 

 double; third exterior, incompletely treble ; submarginal line white, 

 zigzag, here and there dilated or almost interrupted ; discal streak 

 black. Hind wings reddish fawn-colour, with brown lines, which 

 are almost obsolete, except along the interior border; exterior border 

 festooned with an interlined cinereous fringe. Length of the body 

 b\ lines ; of the wings 15 — 16 lines. 



a, b. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



76. ClDARIA PEEDUCTATA. 



Mas. Ferrugineo -fusca ; antennae vix pubescentes ; abdomen gut tis 

 nigris bilineatum ; alee anticce vix falcatce, lineis inlerioribus 

 nigris albido margin a tis vix undu la tis, fascia media margini- 

 bus obscurioribus, fascia exteriore albida diffusa, linea sub- 

 marginali alba angulosa, lunula discali atra; posticce rufescente- 

 cervince, lineis fuscis subdenticulatis apud marginem interiorem 

 determinatis. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Palpi short. Antennae hardly 

 pubescent. Abdomen cinereous, with a slight ferruginous tinge 

 and with two rows of black dots. Wings with black marginal 

 lunules. Fore wings hardly falcate; basal part with several black 

 hardly undulating whitish-bordered lines; middle space forming a 

 broad band, which is broadly bordered on each side and interlined 

 with deep brown, and has along its outer side a diffuse whitish 

 band, the latter is interlined with brown ; submarginal line white, 

 zigzag, here and there indistinct or dilated; discal lunule deep 

 black. Hind wings reddish fawn-colour, with several brown slightly 

 denticulated lines, which are most distinct along the interior border. 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. New Zealand. From Major Pane's collection. 



77. ClDARIA CONGRESSATA. 



Fcem. Fusca ; palpi breves, disjuncti, sat graciles ; alee pun c tis 

 maryinalibus nigris ; anticce acuta:, elongates, fascia interiore 

 subundulata cinereo -fusca lineam nigrum diffusam includente, 

 lineis duabus exterioribus cinereis denticulatis, spatio mar- 

 ginali cinereo-fiisco ; posticce lineis apud marginem interiorem 

 bene determinatis. 



